The convict, who had pleaded not guilty to the offense,
created a spectacle in the court room when he likened himself to the
Prodigal Son in the Bible and pleaded with the judge to tamper justice
with mercy.
Prosecuting, Chief Inspector Khanin Osafo told the court that
the complainant, the Market Queen at Kotokuraba Market, on 28 July,
2010 picked a taxi from the market.
On reaching a spot near the Kotokuraba slaughter house, the
convict and one other accomplice now at large, stopped the taxi and
attacked the driver with a knife and ordered the complainant to hand
over her bag or be stabbed.
She resisted and the convict stabbed her and collected the bag
which contained GHC 1,000, a phone valued at GHC 70, ECG prepaid card
of GHC 5.00 and a bunch of keys and bolted.
The complainant sustained multiple injuries on the shoulder and
arm and she reported the incident to the police in Cape Coast.
Chief Inspector Osafo said on Friday, September 17, 2010 the
convict was arrested in a police swoop and was identified by the
complainant.
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